Roy Herbert Thomson Baron Thomson Of . . .
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 48 years ago |
Date of birth | June 5,1894 |
Zodiac sign | Gemini |
Born | Toronto |
Canada | |
Date of died | August 4,1976 |
Died | London |
United Kingdom | |
Resting place | Toronto |
Children | Kenneth Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet |
Grandchildren | David Thomson, 3rd Baron Thomson of Fleet |
Books | After I was Sixty: A Chapter of Autobiography |
Job | Entrepreneur |
Media proprietor | |
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ID | 2050445 |
Roy Herbert Thomson Baron Thomson Of . . . Life story
Roy Herbert Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet, GBE was a Canadian newspaper proprietor who became one of the moguls of Fleet Street. He first came to prominence when he was selling radios in Ontario, and to give his customers more programmes to listen to, decided to launch his own radio station.